A drone fly away is the worst thing that can happen to you in your drone flying career other than crashing your drone. Drone fly aways are one thing but something more painful will be if your drone goes away to some place else and wrecks into someone or creates a fire (LiPo batteries are to be taken care of very seriously, btw). Now personally, I have never had a drone fly away thanks to one of my friends (though I have crashed drones many times) . The gal had her $500 drone fly away before I got a chance to screw up, so I ended up researching and putting my attention into avoiding it as much ..read more

Drone Pilot Ground School, a leading remote test prep course for the FAA’s Part 107 exam, recently launched the High School STEM Scholarship for Aspiring Commercial Drone Pilots to support high school students who want to become certified commercial drone pilots. The scholarship provides free access to Drone Pilot Ground School, and will also pay for Part 107 test fees (up to $150) for the first 100 students to take the test. The idea for the scholarship first came from an informal relationship between Alan Perlman, CEO and founder of Drone Pilot Ground School, and Matt Ernst, founder of the d ..read more

Drones are becoming ever more popular and with it come new opportunities. Want to make money with a drone? Now is certainly the time! How would you like to make money with your cool little flying machine? Let’s face it – driving around with your drone completing drone flying “missions” and earning a nice chunk of money for it can be extremely fun and rewarding. But how do you get there? How do you get your first paying gig? What are the equipment you will need? What is the groundwork you need to lay before you can make money with a drone? This article will answer all of the above questions. Re ..read more

Our overall rating for the Holy Stone HS200 FPV:  The Holy Stone HS200 FPV ought to be one of the best RC drones under under $100. This RC drone comes with every feature ought there – FPV(First person view) altitude hold, mobile control, headless mode, return key, gyro stability and one key flips. If you are strapped for cash and are looking for an RC drone that will get you into the world of drones and enable you to learn to fly a drone before getting a more expensive one, we recommend getting the Holy Stone HS200 FPV! In this article, we’ll review the design, build, flight characteristi ..read more

Our overall rating for the Hubsan X4 H107C: If you are a beginner learning how to fly a quadcopter, the Husan X4 H107C will be our top recommendation. Not only is it cheap; it is stable, durable and flyable indoors. If you are strapped for cash and are looking for a fun little quadcopter with a camera, go get the Hubsan X4 H107C. You’ll definitely not regret it. In this article, we’ll review the design, build, flight characteristics, camera and battery life of the Hubsan X4 H107C quadcopter. We’ll end by quickly going over the pros and cons of picking this quadcopter so that you can ..read more

The Blade 180 QX is on the pricey end but certainly one of the best quadcopters out there in terms of design and build, flight characteristics and flight time. If you are a beginner to intermediate level and love flying quadcopters, we highly, highly recommend the Blade 180 QX. In this article, we’ll review the design, build, flight characteristics, camera and battery life of the Blade 180 QX HD quadcopter. We’ll end by quickly going over the pros and cons of picking this quadcopter so that you can make a good building decision. Quick summary review (rating) of th​​​​e Blade 180 QX H ..read more

The Dromida Ominus is a cool little hobby grade quadcopter that we got to try recently. If you are a beginner and want to learn how to fly drones, we recommend this quadcopter. In this article, we’ll review the design, build, flight characteristics, camera and battery life of the Dromida Ominus FPV quadcopter. We’ll end by quickly going over the pros and cons of picking this quadcopter so that you can make a good building decision. Note: There are two “Dromida Ominus” quadcopters out there. Here, we’ll be reviewing the Dromida Ominus FPV quadcopter which is not only better than the other ..read more

We haven’t really done FPV camera reviews so far, but this will be a good start. This is a review post on three AKK FPV cameras. Here we’ll review the following cameras from AKK:  1. AKK CA20 Sony CCD camera with OSD. 2. AKK BA3 VTX 0/25mW/50mW/200mW switchable 600TVL Cmos 3. AKK S2 Cmos  Quick overview/ratings 8/10AKKCA207/10AKK BA3 VTX8/10AKK S2 CMOS AKK CA20 Sony CCD camera review Build quality The AKK CA20 Sony CCD is a 600TVL camera that is built quite well. Unlike many of the other FPV cameras we’ve used in the past, this one comes with connecting cables and a controller tha ..read more

Hurricane Harvey has wrecked havoc. It has been catastrophic and earth-shattering. While we are far from being able to prevent natural disasters like this as a civilization, we must strive to use whatever technology we have to expedite recovery activities after a disaster. We must strive to use drones during disasters because they are the perfect example of technology we already possess that, if used properly, can be really effective. They can find disaster victims, conduct damage assessments to critical infrastructure and deliver supplies like ropes, food, first aid and life jackets during a ..read more

BZ Media LLC announced that Michael P. Huerta, Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, will give the Grand Opening Keynote address at InterDrone, September 6 at 10:00 am. He will be joined at InterDrone by a high-level lineup of commercial drone thought leaders who will frame the state of the industry at the conference, being held September 6-8 at the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas. In addition to Mr. Huerta’s Grand Opening Keynote, addresses will also be presented by: * Greg Agvent, Senior Director of News Technology, CNN * Michael Chasen, CEO, PrecisionHawk * Biren Gandhi, Disting ..read more